I was curious about the rationale for the dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court and am skimming it. It's interesting. If I follow the main argument correctly, the problem is not that Wong Kim Ark was a Chinese citizen, but that he was the subject of a foreign sovereign--in this case, the Emperor of China. There was apparently a similar case in which a court ruled that a German-American was not actually American because he was born a subject of the King of Saxony even though he was born within the United States.

First time?

Maybe I should get the ladder and clean it out.

We keep a stepladder in the kitchen next to our fridge to make the high cabinets easily accessible for shorter people.

I should probably make this my new profile picture.

I really like the approach that Scott takes in this video. I might be able to use it in my information literacy classes as a demonstration of epistemic humility.

BUT SINCE CAPS LOCK IS SO ANNOYING, I will stop using it now.

WHERE IS YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE?

Her new husband George is supportive of her leaving for five months.

This is noteworthy.

My favorite is Jimmy Stewart's Bend of the River.